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  1. Stephen Blair
    i know what profit is, the figures just made me think turnover was being discussed. It depends how the busines is being run, if huge profits are the main goal of the business, big profits mean big tax bills. i would rather invest along the way and keep profits to a minimum. i used to concentrate on making as high a profit as possible when i was looking to borrow money but now i dont, i keep things to a minimium.
  2. Stephen Blair
    are we now talking about turn over?because if a 3 man crew couldnt tickle 50k turn over then they arent going to make any money at all by the time they pay their bills before wages.
  3. Stephen Blair
    thanks lads and also mr smarty pants mod that edited my title.
  4. Stephen Blair
    well done, remember and get the pics up
  5. Stephen Blair
    hi guys, i would love to make a log cabin for my yard. i know the theory is pretty simple, get some logs, cut the ends so they fit in nice and tight and stick them one on top of the other. simples!well if you know how that is. is there any of you guys out there with experience in doing this, would want to do it for me, or know of any courses going. i would be more than willing to come and see you do it if it is your job already and learn on site.
  6. Stephen Blair
    sounds like my kind of tree officer lol
  7. Stephen Blair
    good job, i helped on a job a few years ago just like that except it was about 20 of them, about the same size. the folk were fed up with the leaves i think
  8. Stephen Blair

    hi pete, can you sort me out a price for a spare set of blades and a torx for taking them on and off please. stevie

  9. Stephen Blair
    sounds like great winter work if you ask me, what we all really love doing but have to spend most of the time picking sawdust out of plant pots and tidying up patios:thumbdown:
  10. Stephen Blair
    found my old chipper today liam, it is where i left it 7 years ago, still looks good i thought considering. everything is on it, the pto shaft will just need greased up and the blades a good sharpen.
  11. Stephen Blair
    far from being an expert on thining large mature trees, but how will that tree react now?can a beech take that kind of heavy pruning? i would of thought with all the open wounds she wont last that long. not being crytical mate, that is great shape and you must have a lot of climbing skill to carry out that job, just curious to know how it will end up:001_smile:
  12. Stephen Blair
    i am on vt now, mainly to for the ergonomic reasons, but if i am honest i love the prussik, i used this for 11 years with no complaints for climbing, but as the years go on and this job takes its strain on my body i know vt is the way forward, once i master it properly on some descent big crowns then i will be a lot happier with it, the more i learn on here the easier each climb is tbh, you need to change as time goes on i think, what i do like abou the vt on either the climbing line or strop is the fact you can get closer to the stem. unless you carry 3 or 4 different prussiks with you..
  13. Stephen Blair
    well spotted franky. but i bet when you lift the hopper he has a lovley new number plate cable tied on it.
  14. Stephen Blair
    do i feel silly now, got me again there frank. how is it you get the scaffold to and from the work site.
  15. Stephen Blair
    the greenmech fills it real quick to
  16. Stephen Blair
    looks like i need a scaffold then:sneaky2:
  17. Stephen Blair
    if the job was 600 quid and my profit was 500 quid. it is still more than if the job was 400 quid and the profit was 200 quid. how much would you charge for 2 men, your scaffold and and removal of 5 big bags of waste?
  18. Stephen Blair
    we were discussing the best use of labour and kit that i was using on the day, and do you think any of the above costs came out of my profit?
  19. Stephen Blair
    you little tease, i tried there but quest wasnt an option
  20. Stephen Blair
    i had a look but i dont want to mess with it too much
  21. Stephen Blair
    how do i do that? mine is a standard sky box with a free view card
  22. Stephen Blair
    can i watch it on line?
  23. Stephen Blair
    no working for me, boo hoo
  24. Stephen Blair
    cheers nick but it isnt free on free view:thumbdown:
  25. Stephen Blair
    a dry dumpy bag weighs approx 250kg and that 0.55m3. woodpicker weighed one once.

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